Investigation of numerical simulation on all-optical flip-flop stability maps of 1550nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser

Jun Li; Qing Xia; Xiaofa Wang

doi:10.1117/12.2284897

24 October 2017 Investigation of numerical simulation on all-optical flip-flop stability maps of 1550nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser

Jun Li, Qing Xia, Xiaofa Wang

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Proceedings Volume 10457, AOPC 2017: Laser Components, Systems, and Applications; 104572H (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2284897
Event: Applied Optics and Photonics China (AOPC2017), 2017, Beijing, China

Abstract

Based on the extended spin-flip model, the all-optical flip-flop stability maps of the 1550nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser have been studied. Theoretical results show that excellent agreement is found between theoretical and the reported experimental results in polarization switching point current which is equal to 1.95 times threshold. Furthermore, the polarization bistable region is wide which is from 1.05 to 1.95 times threshold. A new method is presented that uses power difference between two linear polarization modes as the judging criterion of trigger degree and stability maps of all-optical flip-flop operation under different injection parameters are obtained. By alternately injecting set and reset pulse with appropriate parameters, the mutual conversion switching between two polarization modes is realized, the feasibility of all-optical flip-flop operation is checked theoretically. The results show certain guiding significance on the experimental study on all optical buffer technology.

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Jun Li, Qing Xia, and Xiaofa Wang "Investigation of numerical simulation on all-optical flip-flop stability maps of 1550nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser", Proc. SPIE 10457, AOPC 2017: Laser Components, Systems, and Applications, 104572H (24 October 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2284897

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